My thoughts about relationship with God.

I have this wonderful friend named Cindy.  Many of you know her or at least know of her.  She is a beautiful person both inside and out.  For those of you who do not know her, you are missing out on having a good friend.

So, how do I get those of you who do not know her to be her friend?  Would it help if I coerced and/or manipulated you into saying that you wanted to be friends with her?  I don't think so.  I really think that would make you not want to be her friend if that were to happen.

What if I just limited my friends to those people who were her friends also?  Would that make you want to be friends with her?  Again, I don't think so.  I would just lose out on having some amazing friends.

I think that the best way is to just be friends with both Cindy and you.  If in doing this, you find out what an amazing person that Cindy is and want to be her friend, then that would be great.  If you choose not to want to be her friend, then that is your choice also and that would not affect our relationship.

It is funny to me that we can see this in our dealings with people but cannot in dealing with God who is a real being also.  I really believe that "Christians" have really pushed more people away from God than drawn to God just because of these actions.  Oh you may be able to get people to recite some incantation that is called the sinners prayer and notch your Bible for a conversion, but that does not mean that a relationship has been formed.  People who do these types of actions, I believe, just push others away from God as well as themselves making this whole process nothing but a stumbling block.

So here is my deal.  I have this friend who is God  and I do not want to deny our friendship or kinship.   Nor will I push this relationship onto anyone else.  If you do not want a relationship, then that is up to you, just as it is up to you about a relationship with Cindy.  If you see something in the relationship that I have with God and want to know more, than at that point I am more than happy to talk to you about it.  That is no different than my relationship with Cindy.  If you notice how having her as a friend has really been beneficial to me, and want to be friends with her then I would be more than happy to talk to you about that also.

I love having each and everyone one of you as a friend and I don't want to lose that friendship by coercing my beliefs and relationships on you.  For me it is really all about living loved and loving others.